CHAPTER 11. Discharges From Houseboats on or in the Waters of the State [13900. - 13908.]

Chapter 11 added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.

§§ 13900–13908 · 9 sections

• § 13900 The Legislature finds and hereby declares that discharges from houseboats in or on the waters of the state constitute a significant source of waste as defined…
• § 13901 As used in this article, “houseboat” means a watercraft or industrial or commercial structure on or in the waters of the state, floating or nonfloating, which…
• § 13902 Each regional board shall investigate its region to determine areas in which discharges of waste from houseboats are inadequately regulated by local ordinance.
• § 13903 Each regional board shall notify each affected city or county, the State Department of Public Health and the Department of Boating and Waterways of areas of…
• § 13904 Each affected city or county shall within 120 days of receipt of the notice from the regional board, adopt an ordinance for control of discharges of waste from…
• § 13905 Such city or county ordinance shall take effect 60 days from the date of adoption by the city or county, unless the regional board holds a public hearing on…
• § 13906 If a city or county fails to adopt an ordinance controlling discharges of waste from houseboats within 120 days of receipt of the regional board’s notice…
• § 13907 Any action, report, determination, or regulation taken or adopted by a regional board, or any failure of a regional board to act may be reviewed by the state…
• § 13908 No provision in this chapter and no action thereunder by a regional board or the state board is a limitation on the power of a city or county to adopt and…